Job ref: 195950
TPR grade: R&O grade 7 - Lead Specialist
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2 trillion of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
We’re looking for an experienced manager to lead and provide strategic oversight of our engagement with key pensions industry stakeholders, government partners, trade and professional bodies and communications partners. You will manage a small team playing a central role in promoting understanding and support of TPR’s regulatory approach, building advocacy and consensus among external stakeholders and sharing information and campaign messages, in order to influence behaviour and reduce the need for TPR to take compliance action.
You will work closely with TPR’s Executive Team providing them with advice and support with their external engagement. You will work with colleagues to make sure that knowledge and insight from our external engagement is captured to maintain a joined-up approach across the organisation. You will also drive forward the work of TPR’s strategic stakeholder panels to ensure that the voice of employers, trustees, industry professionals and savers is heard within the organisation.
Responsibilities
You will:
- lead the strategic design and coordination of our external engagement with stakeholders in order to understand and influence their positions, increase awareness and support for TPR’s regulatory activity, and support the delivery of TPR’s priorities set out in our corporate plan
- drive a programme of senior-level strategic engagement with our stakeholders, providing advice and support to the Executive Team and senior leaders, ensuring that engagement plans are in place and progress with relationships is tracked
- build communications partnerships with a range of stakeholder representative bodies in order to share and promote TPR’s messages through their channels and positively influence the behaviour of their members
- lead and manage the Engagement and Partnerships team, ensuring work is planned and delivered to a high standard and team members are motivated and developed in line with TPR’s People strategy
- as a senior communications manager, play a leading role on TPR communications working groups and cross-functional teams, supporting the development and delivery of TPR’s communications strategy and multi-channel communications plans.
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential:
- A track-record of leading, designing and delivering strategic stakeholder engagement programmes that support an organisation in fulfilling its mission and objectives, gained through at least five years' experience in a similar stakeholder engagement role, including:
- a track-record of evaluating the impact and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement to meet organisational objectives using quantitative and qualitative approaches
- experience of building, developing and leading high-performing teams, with at least five years’ experience of leading and managing teams
- experience of working in partnership with stakeholder bodies in various sectors to deliver campaign and behavioural change messages
- Ability to analyse complex issues and policy matters in order to produce clear, persuasive communications materials which resonate with stakeholders. Evidence of producing collateral including newsletters, bulletins, and messaging “toolkits” to keep stakeholders informed and support campaigns.
- Internal stakeholder management including a proven track-record of working closely with senior leaders to develop external engagement plans relevant to their portfolios.
- Experience coordinating and quality-assuring written and verbal briefings to prepare colleagues for meetings and events.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in the financial services or pension sectors.
- Experience of working as an in-house stakeholder relations manager.
- Working knowledge and experience of using a relationship management/marketing tool such as Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Person specification
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Personable and a team player.
- Self-starter who can prioritise and use initiative.
- Proactive and flexible.
- Calm under pressure.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communications skills – both written and verbal.
Salary and benefits
As well as a starting salary from £48,425, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 195950 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis. If you want your application to be considered as part of a job share, please apply with the hours you are available to work.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.